Men's coach Gibbs to help women's team

Porter steps down after 0-14 start to season

12:41 AM,
Jan. 30, 2013

ValSchuster

Written by

Mitchell A. Skurzewski
Daily Herald Media

The UW-Marathon County men's basketball team is about to embark on the most important stretch of it's season and head coach Bill Gibbs just added more responsibility to his already full plate.

First-year women's head coach Vicki Porter resigned Monday with an 0-14 record, and Gibbs will be a consultant to interim coach Val Schuster, a former Newman Catholic standout who also played at the University of Cincinnati.

"Being 0-14 is tough on everybody," Gibbs said. "For Vicki to step aside like that after being an assistant on some very successful teams, that was very big of her. I told (athletic ...